Bottle-filling apparatus



July 5, 1927. 1,634,416

A. J. GALLAND BQTTLE FILLING APPARATUS l v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 2, 1925 2 Shoots-Sheet 2 192 v July 5 7 A. J. GALLAND BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS Filed June 2. 1925 Patented July 5, 1927.

UNITED STATES ALFRED JEAN GALLAND, or PARIS, FRANCE.

BOTTLE-FILLING APPARATUS.

Application led June 2, 1925, Serial No. 34,457, and in France July 9, 1924.

The present invention relates to )filling apparatus Jtor bottles, iiagons and similar receivers so that the said receivers can be wholly or partly illed with liquid. This apparatus allows the lilling to be stopped automatically when the liquid has attained in the receiver a predetermined height, the level of which is decided by a preliminary and variable adjustment. .y

This apparatus is ot the kindcomprising a supporting plate Ator the bottle or other receiver, a lever controlled cock Yfor the supply oi liquid, and a filling tube with a stopper or plug for the receiver and with an air escape passage, the supporting plate being normally brought back towards the filling tube by a suitable spring.

ln the present apparatus, the inlet-aperture of the air-escape passage is fast with the plunger filling-tube and is situated near the oriiice ot this tube and preferably at the height or level oi said oriiice. A ring supporting a tight joint, ot rubber for example, for the sealing or closing of the receiver by pressure upon the neck, can be slid along the plunger tube and is furnished with a stop member, a pressure screw or ring for example, in such a way thatv by regulating the position ot this ring upon the filling tube, the operator can determine as desired and in a variable manner, the depth of entry ot this iilling tube into the receiver and therefore the height oi the inlet-aperture et the airescape passage relatively to this receiver, such height determining the maximum level for Iilling. A tappet or striking'pieceis actuated by the support Jfor the receiver by means of suitable intermediate mechanism and in such a way that when the said support is not occupied by a. receiver, this tappet or striking piece blocks or closes the bore of the cock through which the vliquid arrives, the lowering of the support for the positioning` of the bottle or other receiver thereon, being so designed as to actuate this'tappet or striking piece in such a way .as to unblock or tree the cock, which arrangement thus prevents any accidental manipulation of the cock before the positioning of the bottle or other receiver upon the support.

Upon the annexed drawing l have illu."- trated one form of carrying out the present invention. Figure l shows in perspective a front view of the apparatus mounted on a table. Figures 2 and 3 are viewsV respectively one ot the rear, the other in side view of part of the apparatus, showing the trame, the support for the receiver to be filled, sliding rods and the blocking tappet or striking piece. .Figure t shows in elevation, in part section and on a larger scale, the cock mounted between the iilling'tuhe and the union for the liquid-supply tube. Figure 5 is an end view ot the iilling tube showing also the air escape pipe.

The base a of a framework b which forms a pedestal or upright, rests upon a table rv which it presses, in the mann-er of a vise, between itself and the end of a. screw c, which latter is screwed through the elbowed eX- tremity o? ot a tailpiece al which is :tast with the base a. In other words, the frame is clamped to the table a1 by means oit the clamping screw c.

The frame Z) is provided with a longitudinal slot or recess b1 in which can sli-de the rear portion of the cock (Z so that the height ot the latter can be adjusted, particularly when using bottles or receivers of different heights (Figure l and 4). The cockcZis held against the frame I) by means of the flanged member (Z1 mounted on the barrel of the cock CZ and a locking nut Z2 (see Figure 4L).

The rotary valve d or devices for closing and openingthe bore of the cock the details oi which ormno'part of the invention are located in the ,box d and are made tast with thefspindle which passes through this boX and through a suitable gland or stutling boX. A lever c which is mounted on the said spindie so as to turn the latter, is actuated by means of a pedal el to which it is connected by an adjustable rod e2. The spindle which controis the valve or closing and opening devices of the cock (Z is normally brought to the closed position ot said cock by means of a spring c3. n

The cock d and the lilling tube or pipe f are provided at their facing ends with the members of a conical'scating, the one Z3 being a male cone andthe other f1 aptemale cone, and they are assembled together in [luid-tight ashion'by pressure together ot these two parts by means of aunion Z4 screwthreaded for that purpose.

A passage h for the escape of air, and shown in the i'orin of an inner pipe, is so arranged that its lower aperture is at the same level as that oi the filling tube 7. The arrangement ot'the'pipe 7L inside the tube 7 is clearlyv shown in Figures 4 and 5 and it will be noted that the inlet aperture for the escape a filling tube connected to said cock, an air escape pipe arranged within said filling tube, said air escape pipe having its lower end level with the lower end of the filling tube and its upper end connected with a lateral outlet for the escaping air, a spring-suspended platform support i'or the container, guiding tubes connected with said containersupport and passing through the lugs upon said upright trame, means for depressing said container support against the action of its spring suspension, and a striking piece adjustably mounted on one oii' said guiding tubes, said striking piece adapted to engage and block the said cock-controlling lever when the tubes and container support are in their upper position so that the cock cannot be accidentally opened.

8. Apparatus for supplying liquid to containers, comprising an upright frame, lugs thereon, means for supporting sai-d frame, a cock, means for adjustably mounting said cock in said frame in such a manner as to pass through said frame, means for supplying the liquid to said cock, a lever controlling the opening and closinO` of the bore of said cock, a iilling tube detaczhably connected to said cock, an air escape pipe arranged inside said filling tube, said air escape pipe having its lower end level with the lower end ot the filling tube and its upper end connected with a lateral outlet for the escaping air, a spring-suspended platform support for the container, guiding tubes connected with said container-support and passing through the lugs upon sai-d upright trame, means for depressing said platform-support against the action of its spring suspension, a striking piece adjustably mounted on one of said guiding tubes, said striking piece adapte-d to engage and block the said cock-controlling lever when the tubes and platform-support are in their upper position so that the cock canno-t be accidentally opened, a sealing member mounted on the exterior oi' the filling tube, said sealing member having a plate provided with yielding material being adapted to close the mouth of the container and said sealing member being adjustable as to position along said filling tube, and means f ttor locking said sealing member in the de sired position upon said lling tube.

In witness whereof I have hereunto atHXe-d my signature.

ALFRED JEAN GALLND. 

